The first table below looks at the demand for the Test Development Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Test Development Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Test Development Engineer
Rank 114 116 127
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Test Development Engineer 1 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.046% 0.441% 0.190%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.469% 0.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £260 £280
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 3
Average hourly rate - £42.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +40.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+1.35% +23.33%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2013 2772 2497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.45% 94.06% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1306 1087
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 279 329
Average hourly rate £23.50 £26.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.61% +26.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.75 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.90 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Test Development Engineer
England

Test Development Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Test Development Engineer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Test Development Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Test Development Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Test Development Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England Test Development Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Test Development Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Test Development Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England Test Development Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Test Development Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Development Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +12 1 - -
Test Development Engineer
England

Test Development Engineer
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Test Development Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Test Development Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) LabVIEW
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (50.00%) Simulink
2 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Streaming Media
3 1 (25.00%) Perforce
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms

Test Development Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Test Development Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Test Development Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Streaming Media
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Perforce